Books Blog : baking, Americas Test Kitchen, A Best Recipe Classichttp://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/archive/tags/baking/Americas+Test+Kitchen/A+Best+Recipe+Classic/default.aspxTags: baking, Americas Test Kitchen, A Best Recipe ClassicenCommunityServer 2008 SP1 (Build: 30619.63)My Favorite Baking Bookhttp://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/archive/2009/05/08/my-favorite-baking-book.aspxFri, 08 May 2009 16:36:00 GMT9a7b961d-7882-4302-b701-732ca0e566f2:1476Shh_ImReading@evpl1http://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=1476http://evpl.org/community/blogs/books/archive/2009/05/08/my-favorite-baking-book.aspx#comments<p><img src="http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=III21&amp;Password=BT0005&amp;Return=1&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0936184752" alt="" width="175" height="216" /></p>
<p>In January, I made a New Year&#39;s Resolution (even though I don&#39;t like New Year&#39;s Resolutions) to cook and bake more. I&#39;ve used recipes from many sources but some of the best have been from <em><a href="http://evans.evpl.org/search/t?SEARCH=baking%20illustrated" target="_blank">Baking Illustrated</a></em> by the editors of <a href="http://evans.evpl.org/search~S0?/tcook%27s+illustrated/tcooks+illustrated/1%2C4%2C34%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=tcooks+illustrated&amp;20%2C%2C31/indexsort=-" target="_blank"><em>Cook&#39;s Illustrated</em></a> magazine. I&#39;ve made the banana bread on page 23 and also the variation with coconut and macadamia nuts on page 25 and both are quite tasty. The yellow cupcakes on page 343 will&nbsp;turn anyone who doubts the deliciousness of plain yellow cake into a believer. Oh, and the simple&nbsp;chocolate frosting for the cupcakes? It is quite possibly the easiest frosting to make and better yet, one of the most delicious I&#39;ve ever had! On March 14th, <a href="http://www.piday.org/" target="_blank">Pi Day</a>, I turned to page 178, the Pies &amp; Tarts chapter, for guidance to make my very first pie, a yummy peach pie.</p>
<p><em>Baking Illustrated </em>is part of the A Best Recipe Classic series of cookbooks. One of the really fun things about this series of cookbooks is that each recipe is preceded by a page or two describing how the authors came up with the final recipe. They discuss ingredients they tried in previous versions and why they felt the final product didn&#39;t benefit from them or what it is that an ingredient they kept in the final printed recipe brings to the mix.</p>
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<p>Tell everyone about your favorite cookbook(s) below&nbsp;in the comments!</p>
<p>Additional Links:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cooksillustrated.com/" target="_blank"><em>Cook&#39;s Illustrated</em> magazine</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.americastestkitchen.com/" target="_blank">America&#39;s Test Kitchen</a></p>
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